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SUMMARY:Shabbos Chukat-Balak
DESCRIPTION:\n\nChukat-Balak in a Nutshell\nNumbers 19:1-25:9\nThe name of the Parshah, “Chukat,” means “Statute [of the Torah]” and it is found in Numbers 19:2. The name of the Parshah ( https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/6232/jewish/Parshah-Weekly-Torah.htm ), “Balak,” refers to Balak, king of Moab, and it is found in Numbers 22:2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMoses is taught the laws of the Red Heifer ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2625/jewish/Baruch-Israelnaya.htm ), whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body.\nAfter 40 years ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2962/jewish/Fortysomething.htm ) of journeying through the desert, the people of Israel arrive in the wilderness of Zin. Miriam ( https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2744/jewish/Miriams-Song.htm ) dies and the people thirst for water ( https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=2949 ). G‑d tells Moses to speak to a rock ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2736/jewish/The-Ascent-of-the-Tzaddik.htm ) and command it to give water. Moses gets angry at the rebellious Israelites and strikes ( https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/1116/jewish/A-Rehearsal-for-Redemption.htm ) the stone. Water issues forth, but Moses is told by G‑d ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/433240/jewish/God.htm ) that neither he nor Aaron will enter the Promised Land.\nAaron ( https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1323/jewish/Aaron.htm ) dies at Hor Hahar and is succeeded in the High Priesthood by his son Elazar ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2932/jewish/The-Survivor.htm ). Venomous snakes attack the Israelite camp after yet another eruption of discontent in which the people “speak against G‑d and Moses”; G‑d tells Moses to place a brass serpent ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2957/jewish/You.htm ) upon a high pole, and all who will gaze heavenward will be healed. The people sing a song ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2273/jewish/Real-Musicians-Dont-Play-Notes.htm ) in honor of the miraculous well that provided the water in the desert. Moses leads the people in battles against the Emorite kings Sichon and Og ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2665/jewish/Why-Does-Esau-Hate-Jacob.htm ) (who seek to prevent Israel’s passage through their territory) and conquers their lands, which lie east of the Jordan ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2897/jewish/Zeida.htm ).\nBalak ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2018/jewish/A-Blessed-Curse.htm ), the King of Moab ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/756620/jewish/Why-are-Ammonite-and-Moabite-men-punished.htm ), summons the prophet Balaam ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3179/jewish/The-Story-of-Laban-in-the-Bible.htm ) to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is berated by his donkey ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1251/jewish/A-Boy-and-a-Calf.htm ), who sees the angel that G‑d sends to block their way before Balaam does. Three times, from three different vantage points ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2271/jewish/A-Choice-of-Choices.htm ), Balaam attempts to pronounce his curses; each time, blessings ( https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=62181 ) issue instead. Balaam also prophesies on the end of days ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2811/jewish/Sighting-Moshiach.htm ) and the coming of Moshiach ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2218/jewish/Who-Believes-in-Moshiach.htm ).\nThe people fall prey to the charms of the daughters of Moab and are enticed to worship the idol Peor ( https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/48303/jewish/The-Evolution-of-Pleasure.htm ). When a high-ranking Israelite official publicly takes a Midianite princess into a tent, Pinchas ( https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2979/jewish/The-Direct-Approach.htm ) kills them both, stopping the plague raging among the people.\nMore info\n(chabad.org) ( https://www.chabad.org/ )\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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